Water-raising apparatus.



Patented Apr.

Na 67L42s.

J. E. BACON. WATER RAISINGAPPABA'TUS.

(Application led Jan. 14, 1895.)

(No Model.)

'2 5' water raising apparatus.

`Nrrnn STATES JAMES E. BACON, OF

wATEu-BAisiNcl APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 671,428, dated April 9, 1901.

Application iiled January 14, 1895. Serial No. 534,733; (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, .I AMES E ABAOON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and Statefof Virginia, have invented an Improvement in v Water-Raising Apparatus, of which the following is a specification. I A

In water-raising apparatus I have hereto-v fore made use of a descending pipe or thel io well-lining'forair under pressure, that acts to lighten the coliimn of water in an uptakepipe Within theair-reservoir.

The present improvement is made with reference lto connecting the larger pipe that .i5 forms the reservoir for air or other iiuid under pressure with the uptake-pipe that is within such air-reservoir, so as to make a tight Joint rbetween the two pipes and to easily couple the discharge-nozzle at the upper end 2o o f the uptake-pipe and allow for the. separation of parts with facility whenever the uptake-pipe requires to be removed. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section representing the two endportions of the Fig. 2 is a plan view below the line x an, Fig. 1, of the head I'or cap tor connecting the respective pipes; and Fig. 3 represents a inodication in the snpply-pipe- The well is tov be bored in any ordinary manner, and the tube A represents either the lining of the well, that, extends down below the lower end of the uptake-pipe F, or else there may be a pipe passing down within the well-lining, so as to be removable from the well withoutdisturbing the lining, and this pipe A forms the outside of the annular chainber, that contains airor 'other fluid nnder pressure forraising the water, and upon the 4o top of this tube A the head B is screwed, and in such head is a screw-threaded opening for a pipe C, through which air or other fluid un- Y. der pressure is introduced, and it is usual to `provide a screw-threadedhole for the pres-1 sure-gage at D. The top surface of the head B is turned o true and preferably at, and i upon it rests the iiange E, which is in the forni` of a ring screwed upon the upperen'd' of the uptake-'pipe F, and the discharge-pipe H, which usually. is curved for the delivery of the water, is screwed upon the flange Gf,-

lof the air under pressure,

which is Similar tothe sang@ n, and the Sin-- faces are .turned-ofi` true, so that such surfaces will be air-tight either bythe weight of the respective part-s rest-ing one onthe other or by the clamping-bolts' 2 withthe nuts 3, such bolts being screwed into the upper end of the head B and the nuts 3 clamping-the parts together, and red lead or similar material may be introduced between thesiiiiaces 6o t9 render them air-tight.

It willbe apparent that theiiptake-pipe F passes freely through `the contracted upper endof the head B, and hence -when thenuts 3 are removed theparts can be separated, and 6 5 the ange' E and uptake-pipe Fcan be drawn up by a deirick, as usual in wells of this charaoter, so as to take out the uptake-pipe when* Vever required for repairsor otherwise, and

with this object in view I provide eyebolts A 7o in screw-threaded holes iii the ring-flange E,

which eyebolts are removed previous to placing the flange G upon such heador flange E. At the lower end of the uptake-pipe F there is a tubular enlargement K, properly propor 75 tioned for the air to pass hetweemits exterior surface and the interior of the tube A, and the lower end of tlis tubular enlargement l is either open or slotted for the `free passage and the supply: 8o tube L for the liquid passes through the annular head N up into the tubiiiar enlargement K, and it may terminate with a flat open end, as seen in Fig. 1, or it may be screwed into the coupling or reducer between the lower end of the uptake-pipe F and the top end of the tubular enlargement K, there being openings at the upper end of such supply-tube L. and within the tubular enlargement K, as seen in Fig. 3.

It will now be understood that when the4 parts are at rest the liquid in the well will rise in the pipe A and within the uptake-pipe F to the external level of the liquid, and when air iinder pressure is forced into the pipe A. the liquid will be driven down in snehpipev A, and the pressure of air' must be sufficient to drive down the liquid until such air reaches the lower end f the tubular enlargement K, and it will then rise rapidly within the enma la gement K Aand aeratei or drive upwardly theiliatei" within the uptake-pipe F, and the liquid in the Well'will continue to rise th roughv i the supply-tube L and be .aerated, so as to pass up through the pipe F to the place of delivery, the higher column being suicien tly reduced in Weight by the'aircontained therein for the pressure of the column of water in the Well to cause`the liquid to rise to the-place of delivery.

By this improvement the water-raising apparatus is cheaply and reliably constructed, and the wholevoi` it can be drawn up out of the well with facility whenever required and taken apart or'replaced for'use.

fis

left open.

In practice it is found of great advantage to close thelower end of the well-tube A by the annular head .N to prevent the surging of the Water up and down in such Well-tube,

because unde'rall circumstances thepressure 'of the air has to be vsuiticient to drive down the column of watertn the place where the air enters the uptake-pipe, and if the lower end of the well-tu'be is operi the water will rush into the well-tube assoon as the escaping air may lessen the pressure, and thus the waterwonld surge up and down the well-tube if the lower e d of such well-tube A were After a Well has remaihedout of action for sometime there isusually'an accumulation novable,

of sediment,that interferes-with the proper flow of the liquid, and to clear `this out re- .quires a sudden and violent agitation ofthe contents of the well. By the construction herein described I am enabled .to use the pipe L, passing through the lower head or flange and the uptake-pipe F, which is connected with the head or flange G and is easily reand this uptake-pipe can be lengthany desired depth, and when air-pressure is admitted between the well-tube A and the uptake-pipe F the pressure displaces the column of water before the air can reach the lower end of the u ptake-pi pe, and this excess.q ive -pressure as it escapes upwardly is suicient to producea violent' agitation inthe water of the well and carry 0E sediment and open up seams and channels and start the well flowing at its maximum capacity. After this has been done the pipe F can be shortened as much as consistent with the relative levels of the water, soas to aerate the ascendf ing column and carryit up to the place of delivery with as little pressure of air as possible and a `consequent savingA in the power made use .of while the well -is operated continuously and in the usual manner.

VIdo not herein claim a supply-tube passing` up into the lower end of theuptake-pipe, as this has been employed as a permanent connection to the surrounding tube or easing.

I claim as my inventionv The combination with the `well-tube having an annular bottom head and the Water-supply tube passingr through the same, of the uptakepipe having a tubular enlargement and the reducer between the enlargement and uptakepipe and the supply-tube,y the said 'supplytube being slotted near its upper end,sub stantially as specified.

Signed by me this 8th day of January, 1895.

J. E. BACON. Witnesses:

E. S. BEANTON, C. E. BUCK. 

